Paul said: "The bar worktop was built out of old pallets and the carpet tiles were from the junior ranks' mess.

"Since building the shed a few months ago, it has gained a cult following of RAF personnel.

"The beer and banter is always flowing.

"A few of my friends are now building pub sheds. Before long, RAF Leeming may have it's very own pub shed crawl."

Cat-loving Zhanna Pechugina, 46, and her husband Viktor, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, spent a whopping £1,000 on turning their shed into a cat house, where their six-year-old daughter Alina could play with their three prized pets.

After Viktor put the building together from scratch, professional artist Zhanna covered it with murals of moggies.

She said: "Our family loves cats. The shed was a present for Alina. There is a bunk bed inside and she can play there with her pets.

"She invited her friends round to open the shed and now I get other people asking me to paint their sheds."

Exotic entries include a Finnish-style Arctic cabin and an eco-shed with an allotment on the roof.

A beautiful stained-glass mosaic "Russian summerhouse" owned by John Hardisty, of Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, really takes the biscuit with a wonderful roof inspired by Antoni Gaudi's famous designs in Barcelona.

John Hardisty's beautiful Russian summerhouse [TIM STEWART]

He created the summerhouse after meeting his wife Tatiana while travelling in Russia.

He said: "It was about nine years ago that I started making stained glass windows seriously and devoted some time to it. It is still a hobby but I do sell a few."

As an avid Newcastle United fan, his favourite stained-glass window depicts Toon striker Papiss Demba Cissé as Jesus Christ on the cross with Geordie supporters as his disciples.

It was only when Newcastle owner Mike Ashley controversially named the club's home ground St James' Park as the "Sports Direct Arena", that John got the inspiration for the window from a fan's protest sign.

He explained: "It said: 'Football is my religion. St James' Park is my church'. My idea came from that really. Football, especially Newcastle United, is a form of religion up here.

"I saw some images on the internet and started to draw my own from there. It took about two months for me to draw and then create the window. It's all symbolic, but fun as well."

It was revealed this week that the typical owner spends almost a year of their life in their shed with one in five Brits admitting they use it as a place to avoid their partners and 11 per cent making secret phone calls from their shed.